A review by bookreviewswithkb
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta

emotional informative medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

read this as my first ever buddy read with my booksta bestie @makealongstorycount ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿผ

โ€œ[we] were choking under the weight of something larger than us, something heavy and weighty, the weight of tradition and superstition and of all our legends.โ€

my ratings can almost completely be interpreted based on what level of emotion i felt while reading said book and let me tell you, i felt A LOT while reading this beautiful and important novel 

itโ€™s about the lengths we go to to conform to the expectations of society, of cultural norms, of religion. of how the more we try to put ourselves into these narrow confines, the more we create tiny fissures of ourselves, the more difficult it becomes to simply exist. about the power of finding our way, of living a life aligned to who we truly are 

(could have been a 5 star with more character development)
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